The Studio Ghibli Theme Park Should Be Incredible

Excited? You should be. An official Studio Ghibli theme park will be built in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The first concept art we saw looked great. The latest concept art does, too.

The park will be divided into different areas. Ghibli’s Giant Warehouse is filled with all sorts of Ghibli stuff; Dondoko Forest is Totoro themed; Princess Mononoke Village is self-explanatory; Springtime of Life Hill has Castle in the Sky and Howl’s Moving Castle attractions; Witch Valley is modelled after Kiki’s Delivery Service.

Image: (C) Studio Ghibli

As you can see (above), via Asahi and Nikkan Sports, the Ghibli’s Giant Warehouse is a large covered plaza, which brings all sorts of Ghibli movies to life.

For example, here is an eating area modelled after Spirited Away.

Image: (C) Studio Ghibli

This building in the Springtime of Youth Hill (Seishun no Oka in Japanese) has an elevator to give parkgoers a bird’s eye view.

Image: (C) Studio Ghibli

Image: (C) Studio Ghibli

Previously, Kotakuposted concept art for the Princess Mononoke area and Witch Village.

Image: (C) Studio Ghibli

Image: (C) Studio Ghibli

As you can see via Abema TV, the areas consist of lots of nature, which is expected (this is Studio Ghibli after all!).

Originally released on November 27th, 1998 in Japan, the Dreamcast was a shot at redemption after Sega's last console, the Saturn, had a less than stellar time competing with the Playstation and Nintendo 64. Something had to change in order for Sega to keep a horse in the console race. The Dreamcast had it all: incredibly powerful graphics, online capability through dial up, and a playful take on media. Hell, the memory card, also known as the Visual Memory Unit (or VMU) had a screen built into it. Sega was here to play and they did it wonderfully.